Test Your Mettle! Show Your Skills! Brave the Elements! Demonstrate Your Character! Arrrrg! The Klondike Derby be a fun winter sled race, driven by Scouts and powered by Scouts! It’s a one-day event of Scouting fun that is a mixture of competitive spirit and outdoor fellowship.

It is recommended that each Scout Patrol make and bring a Klondike Derby sled. Plastic sleds/toboggans can be used for the station portion of the event. However, to participate in the race at the end of the event, the Scout Patrol must have a built Klondike Derby sled. (Numerous easy-to-build and cool sled plans are available online) Patrols can contain up to 8 Scouts each. Parrots are optional! And don’t forget to bring a Patrol Cheer!

Remember -- This is an outdoor event! Please dress for the expected weather! Scouts must be prepared to stay out in the cold weather all day. A dry change of mittens or gloves is highly recommended for everyone who plans to attend.

A warm lunch will be provided, and is included in the cost of the event.

All activities are focused on wilderness survival, and will require all Scouts to demonstrate their ability to remain safe in challenging conditions. Each event has been selected to introduce or educate each and every Scout in Scouting skills pertaining to Wilderness Survival, including first aid, shelter building, fire building, and other basic survival techniques. This Camporee gives every Scout the opportunity to have fun, to demonstrate their skills, to experience new challenges, and fulfill requirements for their Wilderness Survival Merit Badge.

Great Rivers Popcorn Sales

On February 4th at the Great Rivers District
Roundtable, District Committee Chairman, Dr. Mike Westfall and District Popcorn
Chairman, Rocky Vandal, teamed up to present awards to some of the top popcorn
selling scouts in our District for 2015. Great job well done by Webelos Scout, Todd F,
Cub Scouts, Riley A., and Ryan B. and Star Boy Scout, Dylan U.

Each of the scouts sold over $2000.00 in popcorn and some
sold over $3500.00 in 2015.Popcorn
works!

5 scouts earned college scholarships that accrue interest
quarterly for selling over $2500.00.Now
that they qualified for the scholarships, every year they sell popcorn,
regardless of how much they sell, a portion of that money gets added to the
original scholarship.

In 2015, our district sold over $236,000 in popcorn,
pretzels and home town hero donations.That calculates to over $84,000 in commission paid directly to the
selling units.

In 2015, we crossed over the 50% mark of selling units in
our district.54% of our units went to
selling popcorn in 2015 and your unit can join the party in 2016.Popcorn works!

Popcorn can and is working well for several units as
their once a year fund raiser.Some use
it as a supplement to their existing fundraiser.Either way works.

Contact our 2015 District Popcorn Chair, Rocky Vandal for
details.He has a team ready and willing
to support your unit for a successful sales event.

Rocky can be reached at Rockyagain@msn.com or 651-788-1154 (text preferred
or voice mail).

On February 4th at the Great Rivers District
Roundtable, District Committee Chairman, Dr. Mike Westfall presented 2nd
Class Boy Scout, Robbie S. from Troop 188 an award for being the top seller in
the top selling troop for 2015.One of
the incentives for being the top seller in the troop was the top selling scout
gets to sit in the large red chair at every troop meeting and every troop
outing for an entire year. The big red
chair they get to sit in is the one pictured on the photo below.

Troop 188 is a success story in the making.About a year and a half ago, it almost folded,
but the leadership team pulled together, turned it around and it has doubled in
size.

2015 was also the troop’s first time selling
popcorn.In the past, they were
concerned about competing with the pack but in 2015, they found a better
solution where both units can benefit.Instead
of competing, they teamed up with the pack and sold popcorn together.Collectively, they sold over $21,000.00 in
popcorn.This calculates to over
$7500.00 in commission to be split between the pack and the troop.

Contact our 2015 District Popcorn Chair, Rocky Vandal for
details.He has a team ready and willing
to support your unit for a successful sales event.

Rocky can be reached at Rockyagain@msn.com or 651-788-1154 (text
preferred or voice mail).

Great Rivers Popcorn Sales

Congratulations to Great Rivers Pack 9005 for being the top selling unit in our district for 2015. They have been doing a wonderful job and sold over $40,000 this year. They have been the top popcorn selling unit for the past 3 years.

Congratulations to
Great Rivers Pack 9060 for being the most improved selling unit in our district
for 2015.This was their first year
selling popcorn and they sold over $27,000. Excellent job in
making it all come together.

At
the January 7th roundtable, District Committee Chairman, Dr. Mike
Westfall and District Popcorn Chair, Rocky Vandal presented representatives of
both units with awards for a job well done.

Collectively, they
sold over $67,000 in popcorn, pretzels and Home Town Hero donations in 2015.This brought over $21,000 to their units to
provide a quality program.

Please contact our
2015 District Popcorn Chair, Rocky Vandal to see how your unit can have fun, and
provide the funding for a quality program.Rocky can be reached at Rockyagain@msn.com or 651-788-1154 (text
preferred) or voicemail.